Godot 4 and Blender: Setup and Importing // Tutorial

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Is the Blender scaling the same as in Godot? I have created a box with 0.7, 0.7 and 1 meters dimensions in Blender and in Godot it seems to be much smaller after putting a collision shape with a box around it which has the same dimensions but in Godot.

I also had issues with this not working for me

1) do NOT set the blender Path all the way to the executable, just the folder that contains it

Something like
C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.0
instead of
C:\Program Files\Blender Foundation\Blender 4.0\blender-launcher.exe

You may need to re-start godot a few times, but then you should see that godot starts to import assets, that come from the .blend file and it will be visible for you

@StayAtHomeDev can you help me out with this one issue I still have: My meshes have a boolean modifier and whatever I try to do I cant get rid of the subtraction meshes. On normal export as well as using the blend file it will always be visible in the scene inside godot, so what I have to do at the moment is to review all scenes, make local copies and cut all the overhead out. I wish I could just tell either godot or blender that these layers are only to be used or considered if its of the modifier input :o. Thanks in advance for any brave soul helping me out on this :*

I downloaded some pre built files online in .blend format. Import in godot was successful along with collisions but colors are missing. What to do ?

You don't hear the "God-Oh" pronunciation much, usually "Gahdeau", "Go-Dot"

Really one of the clearest tutorials on the subject matter out there.

This was perfect. No fluff, straight to the point, and you covered questions I had along the way. Cheers!

Wow, that's so cool! Thanks a lot brother

i attempted to follow along with the importing material textures section, the only difference is my texture is a brick texture rather than an image so theres no unpack option in the shader. do you have any advice for what i could be doing wrong?

After I imported the model into godot, I cannot change anything in Meshinstance3D SPhere in the inspector. How is it possible?

Dude i had no idea that something like this is even possible and i love it

Thanks, man! That's a perfect tip.

Many thanks. But how can I change from StaticBody3D to e.g. CharacterBody3D?

my programm exit say this: "modules/gltf/gltf_document.cpp:7433 - Condition "err != OK" is true. Returning: ERR_FILE_CANT_OPEN
Error importing 'res://foret.blend'." why ?

What do i do if i cant find the correct folder

Doesn’t work

I tried doing this with the Blender via Steam, IDK if I am just stupid but it doesn't seem to work for me as it does for you.
I linked GODOT 4.2.1 to Blender 4.1 via the folder "C:\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common\Blender" (Blender's root for Steam install) and whenever I edit something in Blender it does not update in Godot 4.2.1 like it does for you.

Great tutorial! I tried this with great success. But I had trouble with exporting normal maps. When Godot 4.1 imported the textures, the normal map was marked with a red "X". Not sure how to make Godot accept the normal map.

I keep getting an red x by my model and can't use it. I linked it but still nothing seems to work. have any suggestions on what I missed?

its godot not gado

I'm a 50 year old physics teacher and this is the most helpful, clear, useful tutorial I've ever seen. Thank you! I'm having a blast living in both Godot and Blender worlds simultaneously!!!

I want to import it and have it created as an animatedbody3d so I can control it with inputs and have it interact with other objects, but this imports as a static body which cannot do this. Help?

if you want to make an asset pack in blender? how would you seperate the object (imports all the assets as one large mesh), would I need just just model the assets in individual files?

Blender 4 still works for me in place of 3 just fine if you had that question.

Can I use Maya instead of Blender? I don't like the corporate logo for Blender, too "agenda based".

Should I always do that unpack procedure everytime I save?

Great video! Solved my issue and shown me a little bit extra! I'll be coming back for more :) Keep it up!! :)

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This was really helpful, thank you very much! I had a question though, how can you edit the imported materials in Godot? I have it disabled for me when it's imported from Blender.

If you saw the rate at which my eyebrows raised during this video, you might think I was coming onto you.

Its not working when i create complex shaders in blender. is there any solution? (probably not since godot and blender uses different shader programs). currently i'm recreating the shaders in godot.

Iḿ using M-Tree Plugin in Blener and lose my leafes,, when I import my tree in Godot. It have something to do with the shader. Can you help me?

I have low specifications pc so i can't install blender 3 in my pc and godot 4 only support blender 3 or better version

Does it do Geometry Nodes... That would be perfect. 😅

If you see black textures in Godot, ensure that textures are actually loaded (right click on mesh > Subresources > Choose you Surface/Material > Check Albedo tab).

Also check your UVs in Blender: Data > UV Maps

nince!

(looks at Unity with disgust)

is there a reason the advanced settings tick doesn't appear at all for me?

I was very lost with the texture setup, thank you. I wish it would just automatically work lol

Hell of a great video! Thank you! And... yes... I am using it now as my godot (GOTO) workflow! :D cheers!

thx super tuto

Is there any disadvantage of this method?

Really helpful! Thanks for making this available.

Great content, thanks.

Fantastic tutorial and presentation!

I keep getting a red x on the blender file when exporting it. I had to EXPORT to glTF 2.0 to get it to work. This appears to also NOT import the light or camera so.....

It does appear you don't have to go into the Shading tool now, but you can go Export Data > unpack > options